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• ‘8888 Uprising’ remembered in Yangon
• Date confirmed for Panglong Conference
• Measles vaccine drive launched to stem Naga outbreak
• Former president pledges USDP support for federal Union
• Mandalay activists mark pro-democracy revolt with tributes, eye toward future
• Classrooms shut by floods
• Government begins repatriating 2000 migrants from Malaysia
• Ministry of Construction sees urgent need for Yangon-Thanlyin bridge replacement
• Labour officials to take action against rights workers for ‘legal human trafficking’ remarks
• Rangers face violent loggers to save Bago’s shrinking forests

‘8888 Uprising’ remembered in Yangon Posted: 08 Aug 2016 11:41 PM PDT Students, civil servants and ordinary members of the public were among those joining events in Yangon yesterday to mark the 28th anniversary of the nationwide pro-democracy revolt known as the "8888 Uprising".

Date confirmed for Panglong Conference Posted: 08 Aug 2016 11:40 PM PDT The linchpin of the government's peace process will be convened on August 31, just in time to meet the promised schedule, the central preparation committee for the 21st-century Pang­long Conference revealed yesterday.

Measles vaccine drive launched to stem Naga outbreak Posted: 08 Aug 2016 11:38 PM PDT Health officials are urgently deploying vaccinations in western Sagaing Region in an attempt to stymie a deadly measles outbreak that has claimed two more children's lives.

Former president pledges USDP support for federal Union Posted: 08 Aug 2016 11:37 PM PDT The Union Solidarity and Development Party will support turning the country into the federal Union that ethnic minorities are constantly demanding, former president U Thein Sein said yesterday.

Mandalay activists mark pro-democracy revolt with tributes, eye toward future Posted: 08 Aug 2016 11:15 PM PDT Mandalay commemorated the 28th anniversary of the so-called "8888 Uprising" yesterday, with activists gathering at the Dhammasala Hall to remember Myanmar's fallen democracy champions and look ahead to the country's political future.

Classrooms shut by floods Posted: 08 Aug 2016 11:07 PM PDT Tens of thousands of students are not able to attend classes as flooding has caused 2171 schools to shut across six regions and states, according to a report from the Basic Education Department.

Government begins repatriating 2000 migrants from Malaysia Posted: 08 Aug 2016 11:06 PM PDT The government repatriated more than 130 Myanmar migrants yesterday, flying them home from Malaysia where they had been detained for months.

Ministry of Construction sees urgent need for Yangon-Thanlyin bridge replacement Posted: 08 Aug 2016 11:02 PM PDT A bridge linking downtown Yangon with Thanlyin township across the Bago River is being tested beyond its limits and "could break at any time" according to an official at the Ministry of Construction, who said the government is planning to build a stronger second bridge as a matter of urgency.

Labour officials to take action against rights workers for ‘legal human trafficking’ remarks Posted: 08 Aug 2016 10:55 PM PDT Migrant rights activists who accused the government of operating a "legal" human trafficking pipeline must face punishment for speaking out of line, Thai and Myanmar labour officials have said.

Rangers face violent loggers to save Bago’s shrinking forests Posted: 08 Aug 2016 10:53 PM PDT Several forest rangers and police were manning a sleepy checkpoint on a dirt road near Myo Kaung Village, in the foothills of the Bago Mountain Range, on a recent July afternoon. Though Sein Kant Lant checkpoint is not much more than a metal bar blocking the road, this is a front-line position in the government's battle against rampant illegal logging.

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